Pigeons and other birds as a reservoir for Cryptococcus spp.;La paloma y otras aves como reservorio de Cryptococcus spp.

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rosario, Inmaculada ^a   Acosta Hernández, Begoña ^a,c   Colom, Francisca ^b  

^a Facultad de Veterinaria de Las Palmas   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c Fac de Veterinaria de Las Palmas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Cryptococcus neoformans; Cryptococcus spp.; Epidemiology; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLUMBIA LIVIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 42049105338     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(08)70020-2     Document Type: Review

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